EP 1049961 A1 20001108 - TONER USAGE ESTIMATION SYSTEM
Title (en)
TONER USAGE ESTIMATION SYSTEM
Title (de)
SYSTEM ZUR ERMITTLUNG DES TONERVERBRAUCHS
Title (fr)
SYSTEME PERMETTANT D'ESTIMER L'USAGE DU TONER
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9825728 W 19981203
- US 914498 A 19980120
Abstract (en)
[origin: US6356359B1] A toner usage estimation system is provided, in which an image file is analyzed to determine the relative usage of one or more toners used to define an image on a substrate. The image file is analyzed as a basis for estimating the cost of processing a particular print job. In one embodiment, a pixel coverage counter is added in the hardware path of a printer to count pixel coverage mapping, which allows the consumable usage of toner to be determined. In another embodiment, a software approximation on the coverage of toner is determined, based on the use of a reduced resolution thumbnail of an image.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G03G 15/0849 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 21/02 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 15/556 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9936835 A1 19990722; AT E289425 T1 20050315; AU 1624899 A 19990802; AU 743429 B2 20020124; BR 9814734 A 20011023; CA 2316210 A1 19990722; DE 69829080 D1 20050324; DE 69829080 T2 20060316; EP 1049961 A1 20001108; EP 1049961 B1 20050216; IL 137061 A0 20010614; JP 2002509045 A 20020326; US 6356359 B1 20020312
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9825728 W 19981203; AT 98960719 T 19981203; AU 1624899 A 19981203; BR 9814734 A 19981203; CA 2316210 A 19981203; DE 69829080 T 19981203; EP 98960719 A 19981203; IL 13706198 A 19981203; JP 2000540486 A 19981203; US 914498 A 19980120